St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-05
LOOK AFTER THE BOYS.
Prof. KiehIe's Address at Ply
mouth Church Last Evening.


At Plymouth church last evening
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton Kiehle delivered a short temper
ance lecture to small audience He
took as his text. Bring up the child in
the way he should go, and when he is
old he will not depart from it."
1.-THE rising generations" said Mr..
Kiehle, will in a few years take our
places, and shall be monuments to our
labor if we have been wise. The places
of punishment will be vacated by those
now occupying them and inhabited by
our boys of to-day. 1t is a question of
serious interest to American citizens as
to how they shall discharge their re-
spOnSibility and dc to-day what they
wish they had done when they see the
record. Another important query is:
What shall we do with our young
boys" and the answer to it should
appropriately begin in the Christian
church. The influences bearing on civ
iliZatiOn and society and its improve
ment are in two classes, governmental
and educational. The governmental
pertains to that which is external,
whereby men are kept within bounds
by cOmpulsiOn, and its condition is sim
ply justice, authority and power. The
educational. in its broadcast sense, per-
tainS to the influence bearing on the
character and spirit Of the individual.
Its influences are cOnfided to the Chris
tan church, family and school. They
are a trinity. working hand in hand. and
should work heart and heart. The con-
ditiOn of
BoYHOoD IS PECULIAR.
sit is the transition from childhood to
manhood, and it is our duty to lead the
boys, or rather to direct them, so that
this transition TO man may be made
safely. The wisdom of the parent is the
wisdom of the child. Manhood is a
period of independence and responsible
activity and bOyhOod is neither child
hood nor manhood, but the intermediate.
When the boy reaches this point he
feels the position and breaks loose from
his dependence. Here tests the diff
Guilty of the guidance of the boys.
The first principle to he OBJ
served with the boys is the
cultivation of confidential relations.
Their life should be on the same plane
as that of the parents and the upper
most idea should be that of moral prin-
ciple and frankneSS. Far rather had |
see boy a drunkard than liar. The
dlIOll VI lnC SOCidI VI liiC tDOf
is of first importance, and parents
should cultivate their boys society.
The great drawback is that they are too
busy to pay them any attention. If the
parents and teachers miss this social
cultivation it leaves the work to the
governmental influence and power. The
parents always look out for their girls,
but too often forget the boys. The boy
when reaching his independence sees
the busy world before him and should
be taught to feel that he must become a
part of it, not only what labor he is
going to do and the pay he gets for it,
but how he can assist in the advance
ment of common humanity. He sees
good men and good women engaged in
good work as to the problem of better
ing mans condition, and if properly in
structed he, too, will take hand in it.
The cultivation of the taste of our boys
will develop their futures. We should
direct them what to do and incidentally
and unfortunately what not to do
The short address, it is understood, is
the first of series to be given by Prof.
Kiehle throughout the state.